The institute held its 14^th ordinary board meeting last December 29, 2010. The Institute for Medical Research and Studies on Medicinal Plants (IMPM) will in the ongoing 2011 fiscal year pilot its activities with a budget of FCFA 2.006.335.000. The package is one of the outcomes of the institute’s 14^th ordinary board meeting which held in Yaounde last December 29, 2010 under the chairperson of Prof. Rose Gana, épouse Leke alongside IMPM’s Director, Prof. Essamé Oyono. Out of the amount, FCFA 365 million will be used for running the institute while FCFA 494 million will be for investment. The budget represents a decrease from that of last year which stood at FCFA 2.4 billion.

Among the priority projects will be sustained research on malaria, ethno-medical studies on antiviral plants and evaluation of therapeutic strategies on the treatment of HIV/AIDS with traditional medicines. According to a final communiqué that sanctioned the board meeting, attention will equally be focused on research on emerging and re-emerging diseases, financing of the production of improved traditional medicines, creation of a botanical garden for medicinal plants, acquisition of scientific and technical equipment for medicinal laboratories among others. Administratively, IPMP will construct a technical and administrative complex for itself, organise a colloquium to evaluate the therapeutic strategies on traditional medicine as well as strive to foster inventions and research on medicinal plants.

Created by a Presidential Decree of October 31, 1974 and today placed under the auspices of the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, IMPM has as mission to animate medical research, promote and diffuse medical research results in the county as well as train and build the capacities of medical researchers for internal and external use.